--- title: Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate... description: Spanish police reportedly caught a suspected digital certificate fraudster after face-swap deepfake software briefly glitched during what appears to have been... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/deepfake-hiccup-unmasks-suspected-digital-certificate-fraudster-0pwoip9pg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster | daily.dev og:description: Spanish police reportedly caught a suspected digital certificate fraudster after face-swap deepfake software briefly glitched during what appears to have been... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/deepfake-hiccup-unmasks-suspected-digital-certificate-fraudster-0pwoip9pg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0pwoIP9pG.png og:image:alt: Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Deepfake hiccup unmasks suspected digital certificate fraudster **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Spanish police reportedly caught a suspected digital certificate fraudster after face-swap deepfake software briefly glitched during what appears to have been a video verification process, exposing the suspect's real identity for a fraction of a second. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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